Buy licenses for your Office 365 for business subscription

When you buy an Office 365 for business subscription, you'll typically buy the number of licenses you'll need for the subscription based on the number of users that will be using the subscription. As your organization changes, new members might join the organization or employees might change roles. As this happens, you can add more licenses to your subscription.

In the Total licenses box, enter the total number of licenses that you need for this subscription and then select Submit > Close. For example, if you had 100 licenses and you need to add 5 more, you would enter 105.

Note: If you paid for your subscription by credit card, any new licenses that you bought are available immediately after you receive an order confirmation. If you’re invoiced for subscription payments, you might have to wait for a credit check before your new licenses are available.

What if I don't see the Add/Remove link?

This section describes the reasons why the Add/Remove users link might not be available and what you can do about it.

If a credit check is pending, you’ll see a Pending credit check message and you won’t be able to buy licenses until the credit check is completed. If a credit check is pending, check back later to see if the credit check has completed.

Tip: Credit checks typically take up to two working days to complete.

After the credit check is complete, you should see the Add/Remove users link in the Users section. If so, go to Buy user licenses.